The Pablo Pelican activity set focuses on a real pelican with a charming personality who lives in the Galapagos Islands. The anchor book is Pablo’s Bad Day, and there is a second supporting book, Pelican Facts. Bonus: Pelicans Photo Collection and printable pelican to cut out and fold!

Have you ever needed to have two or more sounds play when a grid opens in Clicker 5? Here’s how to do it! All you need are a few transparent cells and a powerful hidden option, the Speak Or Play This slot in Properties.

If you like the book-style cover on the activities you download from the Attic, here’s a template you can use to make your own, in any color you can imagine! You can use this template in either PhotoShop® or PhotoShop Elements®.

If you’ve had problems with Annie’s Books Online loading slowly, here’s an option that will speed things up! Download the files that make up the book, and run them from your desktop, using the same application (Explorer, Safari, Firefox, etc.) you would use to browse the internet. Bonus: Index and quicklinks to desktop versions of all the books!

Holiday Games for 2012 are lotto-type games using images of the ornaments from Holiday Tree. They could be used along with the Holiday Tree activity, or played on their own. This first set of games comes in PDF and IntelliTools Classroom Suite® formats. Bonus: Teacher instructions and troubleshooting PDF!

For the easiest tree decorating experience of your life, try the Holiday Tree activity. I’ve created twenty-one beautiful ornaments to put on your virtual tree. It only takes four steps at most to complete a tree, and you don’t even need a step stool! New for 2012: Holiday Tree for HyperStudio 5 and for Clicker 5! Bonus: Holiday Tree clip art!

Wouldn’t it be great if you could make gingerbread houses without all the messy clean-up? Well, you can with the Gingerbread House activity, in Annie’s Books Online or the IntelliTools Classroom Suite® versions, and, new for 2012, in Clicker 5! Bonus: Gingerbread house clip art collection!

The Haunted Castle is a highly interactive Halloween adventure. The story starts with trick or treaters deciding to try out a spooky-looking castle. Once inside, they are informed that they are trapped until they locate the front door key! New this year is a writing activity in IntelliTools Classroom Suite. Bonus: Extensive creepy clip art collection!

Tidbits 4 Teachers is the work of Dinell Stuckey, and it’s an extensive directory of links to sites that have resources to help teachers include all children in a diverse classroom. There are separate sections for sources of materials in Classroom Suite, HyperStudio 5, PowerPoint, Apps, and more.

Lemurs…who can resist them? The Madagascar Lemurs activity set gives students a chance to digitally travel to Madagascar and meet nine different kinds of lemurs.This activity set includes two books, writing activities, comprehension tests, and off-computer materials such as vocabulary cards and maps. Bonus: Lemurs Photo Collection!